Looting and Arson. Massive Blackout Exposes Risks of Betting on Renewables

“There are only nine meals between humanity and anarchy,” is a saying attributed to a number of intellectuals. In some versions, the number of meals is reduced to seven, in others even to three. But all variations express the same idea – there is a very thin line between stable civilization and utter chaos. A few days of hunger are enough and the illusion of an orderly society begins to quickly dissolve. This was true at the turn of the 19th and…